Would YOU consider “sleeping with the enemy”?
The question of a company dealing with a convicted fraudster, particularly in the banking and financial services field, will always present challenges as some people will view this as being ethically wrong and will fear that their reputation will be negatively impacted because they deal with me.
Companies, organisations and individuals may feel that they are running a reputational risk by dealing with a former fraudster and that this could result in negative perceptions arising in the market about their company or organisation.
Some organisations, companies or individuals have ethical reservations in dealing with a former fraudster.
These factors are obviously of concern to potential clients and I would like to address them by sharing my point of view.
First clients are not “dealing” with me in a traditional business sense, they are learning from my experiences, insights and expertise in order to better protect their company, shareholders, employees and all other stakeholders.
I have expertise, insights and experiences that are unique and surely a responsible organisation would be doing themselves and their stakeholders a disservice by NOT learning from me.
The point in could, in fact, be made that an organisation would be acting in an irresponsible, perhaps even negligent fashion, by not leveraging every tool and resource available in the fight against fraud and economic crime.
To be perfectly blunt they don’t have to respect me, like me or enjoy dealing with me even in an educational capacity but they should realize that there are some things that they can only learn from me.
By accessing my experience, expertise and insights an organisation will enhance its reputation because they are leveraging the very best knowledge available for the benefit of their organisation and its various stakeholders.
I have a powerful contribution to make that will change their entire mindset on risk and how they manage risk and the people in the organisation that will add huge value.
I provide perspectives and insights that they must have to protect themselves and they cannot get these perspectives anywhere else.
My contributions and input changes the client’s paradigm regarding fraud prevention and risk management; these contributions change their world view and approach to risk and expose them to a whole new perspective on fraud and fraud risk.
The only real question that arises is the question of what value I add to their fraud prevention efforts and I don’t have any doubt that my contributions add huge value.
So, “sleep with the enemy” you owe it to yourself and your organisation….
